Kate Ritchie, 47, shows off her incredible figure in swimsuit as she hits the beach – after addressing rumours of Home and Away return
Kate Ritchie was enjoying the last of summer weather this weekend.
The radio host shared a sultry selfie on Instagram, in which she was laid out on a boat, relaxing in the sun.
The 47-year-old showed off her youthful figure in animal print swimwear, covering her face in a grey cap.
Okay, okay. It’s goodbye to a beautiful break. No more of this,’ the actress wrote in her caption.
She then indicated the summer holidays were over for her, and it was time to get back to work on her radio show, Nova’s Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie.
Kate made a return to the series last year, after taking a lengthy break to take care of her health.
It comes after the former soap star finally revealed that she has no plans to return to Summer Bay.
Kate, who rose to fame on Home and Away in 1988, playing the character Sally Fletcher, quit the series in 2008.
Ritchie, who has long been rumoured to make a return to the long-running Seven hit, made her shock confession during Nova 96.9’s breakfast show.
‘The show is doing so well, it doesn’t need Sally anymore,’ she said during the Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie program.
Adding that her character, Sally, has a ‘nice life somewhere’, Ritchie said she still loved Home and Away, but the show has ‘moved on’ without her.
At one point, Kate teased her co-hosts and listeners, saying she would return to Summer Bay ‘if asked’ – but she quickly reversed herself.
‘That’s a chapter of my life that’s done,’ she said.
Ritchie said that producers have asked her to appear in the soap ‘numerous times’ since she left 17 years ago to ‘gauge her interest’
The radio host shared a sultry selfie on Instagram, in which she was laid out on a boat, relaxing in the sun. The 47-year-old showed off her youthful figure in animal print swimwear
Elsewhere in the chat, Ritchie revealed that while she was a fan of the series, she does not watch it regularly.
‘I think I sat down maybe about five years ago and watched one episode, but I couldn’t bear seeing other people living in my house and sitting on my couch for a while,’ she joked.
It comes after the radio star revealed back in October last year that she was weighing up a return to the soap.
‘[Producers] have stopped calling, but they have told me the door is always open,’ she told the Herald Sun at the time.
The idea of being back there and seeing everyone and working with all those actors again is not something I would not want to do, it is just whether it makes sense anymore.’
Ritchie was just eight years old when she entered the spotlight in 1988, starring as Sally Fletcher on the beloved series.
She starred on the show for 20 years and has since admitted she found it difficult to develop her own identity outside her character.
